As the traditional rehearsal to the World Cup, the FIFA Confederations Cup roars into life on the 17th of June, where football punters all over the world will be tipping their picks to finish off the line. The FIFA Confederation’s Cup in Russia is a preparatory tournament for the World Cup, but that does not take out the flavourand competitiveness of the tournament. This year’s tournament features the hosts, Russia, in group A alongsideNew Zealand, Portugal, and Mexico whilst group B consists of Cameron, Chile, Australia, and Germany. As is the tradition world over, football punters are going to pay close attention to the event while enjoying an impressive selection of betting odds. The best destination for football punters will no doubt be among the top UK bookies which have over the years provided highly competitive odds.
As the teams make their final preparations for the tournament, many factors come into play which changes the probable resultsof some matches. The Germany team which mainly consisted of young generation players, continues to deplete as injuries take their toll. However, though such inconveniences are inevitable, for a football punter, these are the little things which make the difference between winning and losing.
Saturday the 17th will see Russia and New Zealand opening the tournament. Next on the menu will be the European champions Portugal taking on Mexico before reigning African champions finish off the evening with a date against Chile. On the 19thAustralia and Germany will finish off the first round of matches.
The top bookies for the Confederations Cup matches are William Hill and Paddy Power. These bookies await punters with a highly competitive set of odds for all matches providing both pre-match and live betting opportunities.
According to Paddy Power, in the outrights market,Germany and Portugal are tied on 23/10 to win the tournament making them Paddy Power’s top bets to lift the trophy come the final day. Chile hasan 11/4 chance, Russia 8/1, Mexico 10/1, Cameron 25/1, Australia 33/1 and New Zealand has a massive 275/1 odds ratio, making them highly unlikely to lift the trophy.
William Hill tips Portugal to win group B with 4/6 odds,with the next likely candidate to top the group Mexico can do so with 11/4 odds. WilliamHill doesn’t see the hosting country coming out tops in group A, but in the unlikely event that they do, William Hill will pay odds of 16/5. The impossible will be for New Zealand, the clear underdogs in the group to win, but in case they defy the odds and finishin front of all the others, then lucky punters will have a big payout of 80/1 odds. In group B,expectations are high onGermany 11/10 to top the group, Chile on 11/8 is next followed by Cameron on 7/1, while Australia are expected to be the whipping boys and if they can pull off a shocker, they will do so with 14/1 odds.
With high rewarding bonuses offered by all the William Hill and Paddy Power bookmakers , punters can look forward to pre-match and live-bets, with a chance to reap huge rewards this summer.